Are external wind machines considered motors? <Grin>
Rich
NU6T
Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
> I am ok with sail boat races and motor boat races happening at the same time
> as long as we know who are using motors...
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K1TTT
>> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 11:44 AM
>> To: 'CQ Contest'
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A new "DX cluster" experience for contesters
>>
>> The problem is pete, that since in our contests all those
>> different entry classes are running at the same time on the
>> same lake people get confused and think they are a sailboat
>> competing with a power boat... where the power boat operators
>> usually ignore the slow poke sailboats and just watch each other.
>>
>>
>> David Robbins K1TTT
>> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
>> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
>> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Pete Smith [mailto:n4zr@contesting.com]
>>> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 10:36
>>> To: CQ Contest
>>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A new "DX cluster" experience for
>>>
>> contesters
>>
>>> In the 19th century, mechanical propulsion largely replaced sail as
>>> the motive power for commercial and military ships. In the 20th
>>> century, internal combustion engines and the invention of
>>>
>> the outboard
>>
>>> motor made it possible to dispense with sails and oars on
>>>
>> almost all vessels.
>>
>>> Yet sailboats and rowboats persist today, and are a source of great
>>> pleasure for millions. Intense and popular competitions among both
>>> types of vessel take place frequently and attract millions of
>>> enthusiasts world-wide. At the highest level, sailboat
>>>
>> competitions
>>
>>> such as the America's Cup involve use of extremely advanced
>>>
>> technology
>>
>>> on the non-propulsive side of the bright line defining the sport.
>>> Competitions among powerboats occur too, from small
>>>
>> outboards to boats
>>
>>> powered by huge gas turbine engines.
>>>
>>> I hope my point is obvious.
>>>
>>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/17/2010 4:00 AM, Christian Schneider wrote:
>>>
>>>> VE5RA wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> So begins the 'age of the robots'.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> But it will be only one more of those smaller and bigger steps in
>>>> the development - applauded as keeping up with progress and maybe
>>>> gaining
>>>>
>>> new
>>>
>>>> blood. Will it be two or three years that the first
>>>>
>> M/M-stations "man"
>>
>>> their
>>>
>>>> 160m-station during daylight and 10m during nighttimes
>>>>
>> with a qso-robot?
>>
>>> Or
>>>
>>>> is this already done? Given the ingenuity on the software side it
>>>> may
>>>>
>>> take
>>>
>>>> "only" some combining of decoding-technology with expanded
>>>> ESM-routines
>>>>
>>> of
>>>
>>>> existing contest software. Initial stumbling may be
>>>>
>> irrelanvant with
>>
>>>> the rates at that time and allow refinement to adjust it
>>>>
>> for coming things.
>>
>>>> An(y) operator will be present in a(ny) room there.
>>>> This becoming more widespread it will earn the ususal
>>>>
>> criticism by
>>
>>>> irrelevant small guns refuted with the argument they
>>>>
>> seemingly still
>>
>>> want to
>>>
>>>> operate with a straight key. With becoming more
>>>>
>> widespread even some
>>
>>> bigguns
>>>
>>>> may feel bored but won´t dare to utter it publicly in the
>>>>
>> presence
>>
>>>> of chestpounding colleagues.
>>>> Acting may begin [IRONY ON] if more bigguns get fire from XYLs
>>>> because
>>>>
>>> they
>>>
>>>> unintentionally checked the ECAR-box ("effective contest analyzing
>>>>
>>> routine")
>>>
>>>> in their software which starts at 0001 after the test and ordered
>>>> the
>>>>
>>> OH8X`
>>>
>>>> 3-ele 160m-beam (flawlessly interacting with the online-banking
>>>>
>>> software)
>>>
>>>> because there were three unworked skimmer spots from
>>>>
>> Africa on that
>>
>>> band.
>>>
>>>> [IRONY OFF].
>>>>
>>>> Disclaimer: This is NO condemning of the technology itself. It is
>>>> kind
>>>>
>>> of
>>>
>>>> sorrow that this blending taking place in smaller and bigger (i.e.
>>>>
>>> skimmer)
>>>
>>>> steps changes the flavour of the hobby substantially. At
>>>>
>> some points
>>
>>>> of blending wine with pepsi it detracts some from it but
>>>>
>> of course
>>
>>>> may
>>>>
>>> attract
>>>
>>>> new consumers. Again: Like skimmer all this is tech-wise
>>>>
>> interesting
>>
>>> and,
>>>
>>>> yes, also fascinating, but at the same time somewhat
>>>>
>> saddening. Like
>>
>>>> it
>>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>>> leave it, I know and will do. We´ll only have some rule
>>>>
>> debate, some
>>
>>> rule
>>>
>>>> changes and may be some more retreats as far as "unassisted" is
>>>>
>>> concerned.
>>>
>>>> Not much more to do.
>>>>
>>>> Of course you are free to denounce this as "whining" - if
>>>>
>> you also
>>
>>>> think that a marathon-runner is techwise backwards only
>>>>
>> because he
>>
>>>> is
>>>>
>>> fascinated
>>>
>>>> by the techwise less effective way to span 42,5 km.
>>>>
>>>> Best 73, Chris
>>>>
>>>> (www.dl8mbs.de)
>>>>
>>>>
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